Improvement in life-preservers



A. TRAu Life-Preserver.

Patented May 18,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH TRAUB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN LlFE-PRESERVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,422, dated May 18,1875; application filed March 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH TRAUB, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in LifePreservers, ofwhich the following is a specification The invention will first be fullydescribed, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 represents the life-preserver applied to the person as when inuse. Fig. 2 is a view of the life-preserver detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This life-preserver is constructed of a front and a rear part, connectedtogether by straps or suspenders, supported by the shoulders, havingmovable wings or fins attached thereto, the whole being made double orbag-like and filled with roasted cork.

elastic straps F (on the two opposite, co:- ners) is another wing infront and one in rear, G G. These wings are made long, and taper topoints H H at their lower ends, with their upper points I I extendingabove the When the person is in the corners G G.

The life-preserver is used, when necessary, 7

by throwing it over the head, as seen in Fig.

l, and then buckling the belt around the.

body. v

The lit'e-preserver may be made without the short wings E, or with onlyone of them. With this life-preserver on, a person in the water wouldstand but a small chance of drowning.

The filling may be (and usually is) quilted in and well secured, and theentire life-preserver may be made of oil silk or linen, or other similarwater-proof material.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A litepreserverprovided with long fins E E, tapering to points H I, and held by elasticstraps Fv F, as and for the purpose specified.

ADOLPH TRAUB. Witnesses:

T. B. MOsHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

